McKenna James

This is a wonderful anthology, with something for everyone's taste. I cannot review all of the stories, so here's three chosen (almost) at random:
Marie Skye's 'I Still Hate You'. I really wanted to like this story and in the end I did, but I have to say that at the beginning, with the complicated history between Ash and Perrie I found it hard going.
Maria Ann Green's 'Once Upon That Time He Was Stuck in the Friend Zone' is a friends-to-lovers about Colton and Emma. An interesting story, well-written with a good supporting cast. The likeable protagonists devastate one another, but in the end…There is a thing about Colt's nickname for Emma and in the end it will make you cry.
Dakota Davies' 'Falling for My Fling'. I'm a big fan of Davies and bought this book to read this story and it doesn’t disappoint - except it isn't a HEA - yet. The great outdoors is important to this author; she has written about swimming, zip-lining, rock-climbing and here it's rafting. Lori is working at a summer school while waiting to go to Stanford. She meets Caleb, who works for his family's rafting company and who is known for his frequent, short-term hook-ups. There is a lot of background angst for both protagonists which makes their feelings for one another all the more sweet.
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This didn't work for me.
The Hero started off okay, misplaced bad boy reputation, my issue was his actions later.
He needed to get a spine.
I appreciate he was in a difficult position but allowing a legal team to deal with the mother of his child, knowing it could send her away is not showing you how much you love her.
I would rather he had threatened abdication, what if his father had not been pleased and pushed the issue.
Not for me.

Np intimate scenes with anyone other than the Hero and heroine.
Other woman drama, in a prospective bride but it's the ambitious father not the daughter who wants the wedding.
HEA.… (altro)